Corset.



Paten ted May ZO I902;

L. s, FOERSTER.

0 DR 3 ET (Appliation mud on. a6, 1901.

(No Model.)

WITNESSES A TORNEXS.

UNITED STATES? I? PATENT OF ICE.

LEONA S. FOERSTER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE H. V. GOSSARD COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CORSEYT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters-Patent No. 700,317; dated Ma 20,1902.

I I Application filed October 26, 1901. Serial No. 80,070. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern; I Be it known that I, LEONA S. F ERS'TER, a

citizen of the United States of America, and

the construction shown in the accompanying,

drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a corset constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation of a lacing-eye, such as is used in the device shown in Fig. 1, showing the method of attaching same to one of the corset-steels. Fig. 3 is a plan of'same, the steel being broken away on the line of the rivet.

In the device shown in the drawings, 1 is Each edge of the:

a corset, open at the front. opening is reinforced by a steel or stiffeningstrip 2. Located midway between the strips 2 and substantially parallel thereto is a second pair of steels 3. The strips 3 are secured together by the detachable stud-and-socket connection, which is commonly used in garments of the class described, consisting of a;

headed stud 4 on one of the members and a slotted socket-piece 5 on the other member.

The adjacent edges of the fastening-strips 2 and 3 are provided with a series of eyelets 6. Each of the fastening-strips 3 is secured to its adjacent, strip 2 by a lacing 7. This lacing consists, preferably, of two parts, starting, respectively, at the extreme upper and lower eyes 8 and 9 and meeting at the waistline at 10. of wire, bent to form a loop 11, and having the ends 12 flattened and secured to opposite sides of the fastening-strips 2 and 3 by the rivet 13. The loop is made in such form that it will lie nearly in the plane of the stiffening-strip, but

slightly'twisted from such plane, as will be seen in Fig. 3, so as to allow a free lead for The eyelets 6 are preferably made I the lacing-cord. This will allow the cords to readily adjust themselves, so as to avoid the ccntration of strain at any particular point.

The eyelet being of wire is of a form that is least likely to cut the fastening-cord.

e To operate my fastening device, each of the fastening-strips 3 is laced to its corresponding strip 2 in approximately the desired position. The garment is then adjusted to the wearer, the strips 3 being secured together by the clasps 5 and the lacings tightened until the garment fits the wearer. It will be seen that the lacing is at the front of the corset, where it is most conveniently adjusted, while the usual quick means for unclasping the parts is retained. It will also be seen that there is no need of lacing at the back of the corset,

and avoiding the appearance of ridges in a tightly-fittin g outer garment.

thus permitting same to be perfectly smooth so as to lie substantially parallel, the outer pair being permanently connected with the body, the inner pair being provided with means for detachablyconnecting their adjacent edges, each of the inner pair having rigidly secured along its outer edge a series of projecting eyelets, each of the outer pair having rigidly secured along its inner edge a corresponding series of projecting eyelets, and lacing for adj ustably connecting the eyelets of each of the inner strip'swith the eyelets of the adjacent outer strip; said' eyelets each consisting of a loop G'lying substantially in the plane of thefaste'ning-strip to which same is secured, but being twisted from such plane to give a free lead to said lacing, substantially as shown.

2. A corset comprising a body, a pair of fiat fastening-strips of stiff resilient material each secured to an adjacent part of the garment, each of said strips having rigidly secured to the edge adjacent to the other strip a series of projecting eyelets, and suitable lacing connecting the eyelets on one strip with those on the other; said eyelets each consisting of a loop 6 lying substantiallyin the plane of the fastening-strip to which same is secured, but

being twisted from such plane to give a free lead to said lacing, substantially as shown.

3. The corset-fastening comprising a flattened strip of stiff resilient material having a series of projecting eyelets rigidly secured to one edge, said eyelets each consisting of a wire loop, rounded'in cross-section, having LEONA FOERS'IER. Witnesses:

WM. R. RUMMLER,

H. W. GOSSARD. 

